1988
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Philippe Burrin, « Politique et société : les structures du pouvoir dans l'Italie fasciste et l'Allemagne nazie », Annales, ID : 10.3406/ahess.1988.283510
Politics and Society: Power Structures in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany The differences between the fascist and nazi regimes are obvious, but must one thus neglect their similarities? In their political structuration one finds four elements distinguishing them from other totalitarian regimes like the communist regime and making of them a proper political grouping: an alliance with conservative forces, a duel between the party and the state, popular support, and the myth of the leader. These four structures enter into specific combinations, and their existence enjoins us to explore the political culture of German and Italian societies.